{"id":59698,"date":"2016-12-10T09:23:30","date_gmt":"2016-12-10T13:23:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=59698"},"modified":"2016-12-10T09:23:30","modified_gmt":"2016-12-10T13:23:30","slug":"tulsi-gabbard-for-president-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=59698","title":{"rendered":"Tulsi Gabbard For President (Part 2)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more-->La Costa, CA<br \/>\nDecember 9, 2016<\/p>\n<p>by Rich Scheck<\/p>\n<p>Why did President-elect Donald Trump invite Democratic Congresswoman Tulsi<br \/>\nGabbard to meet with him in New York two weeks ago?<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/powerpost\/wp\/2016\/11\/21\/trump-meets-with-hawaii-democrat-tulsi-gabbard\/?utm_term=.2c2a362deefc\">http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/powerpost\/wp\/2016\/11\/21\/trump-meets-with-hawaii-democrat-tulsi-gabbard\/?utm_term=.2c2a362deefc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Is it just a coincidence that Gabbard subsequently introduced legislation that<br \/>\nopposes continued US backing for Syrian rebels?<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/gabbard.house.gov\/news\/press-releases\/video-rep-tulsi-gabbard-introduces-legislation-stop-arming-terrorists\">http:\/\/gabbard.house.gov\/news\/press-releases\/video-rep-tulsi-gabbard-introduces-legislation-stop-arming-terrorists<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Could it be that Trump has made a brilliant political move in support of his bold<br \/>\nassertions that the US will no longer be in the business of regime change and<br \/>\nintervention into the internal affairs of foreign governments?<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/2016\/11\/22\/trumps-america-first-is-the-twilight-of-american-exceptionalism-obama\/\">http:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/2016\/11\/22\/trumps-america-first-is-the-twilight-of-american-exceptionalism-obama\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>These are important questions to reflect on during this interim period while the<br \/>\nObama Administration finishes its term and facilitates the transition of a new team<br \/>\nunder the leadership of Mr. Trump.<\/p>\n<p>As Paul Craig Roberts has indicated, we have little choice at this point (unless<br \/>\nyou are Jill Stein or Soros financed Social Justice Warriors) but to honor the<br \/>\nconstitutional process that has resulted in victory for the New York tycoon.<\/p>\n<p>I believe it is appropriate to grant him a honeymoon period as he attempts to form<br \/>\nan effective team that can implement his campaign promises and facilitate rapid<br \/>\neconomic recovery for the nation during these tumultuous times.<\/p>\n<p>Gabbard&#8217;s recent emergence as a strong voice for a sensible foreign policy in<br \/>\ncontrast to the hawkish intonations of the Neocon infested Democratic Party led by<br \/>\nHillary Clinton is a wonderful baby step in the right direction&#8230;&#8230;.whether or not it<br \/>\nreflects an agreement with Trump to coordinate his America First policy of lowering<br \/>\nour global profile while working with the Russians and others in Syria.<\/p>\n<p>One commentator thinks she would be a perfect fit as his Secretary of State:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/thehill.com\/blogs\/pundits-blog\/the-administration\/307527-tulsi-gabbard-is-the-pick-for-secretary-of-state-not\">http:\/\/thehill.com\/blogs\/pundits-blog\/the-administration\/307527-tulsi-gabbard-is-the-pick-for-secretary-of-state-not<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The liberation of Aleppo in recent days that put a huge nail in the coffin of the Bush\/Obama approach in the Middle East makes the timing of her proposed bill to stop CIA funding of terrorists quite helpful in support of Trump&#8217;s stated position.<\/p>\n<p>All of this indicates that looking down the road, this brave Iraq War veteran and third term<br \/>\nHouse member is carving out a significant leadership position within her imploding party.<\/p>\n<p>As I suggested months ago, her credentials make her an ideal candidate to head what<br \/>\nI previously labeled the American Peace Party and am now calling the American Populist<br \/>\nParty&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;the culmination of decades of disaffection and dramatic shifts in the body<br \/>\npolitic&#8230;&#8230;..that I predict will see a woman like her eventually make it to the Oval Office.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=57250\">https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=57250<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=32281\">https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=32281<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Not all commentators are comfortable with Tulsi&#8217;s current role:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/talkingpointsmemo.com\/edblog\/something-disturbing-about-tulsi-gabbard\">http:\/\/talkingpointsmemo.com\/edblog\/something-disturbing-about-tulsi-gabbard<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Irrespective of that, I think it is fair to say we will likely see an effort to promote<br \/>\n&#8220;Tulsi Gabbard for President&#8221; in the not to distant future.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=24757\">https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=24757<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59698","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59698","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=59698"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59698\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=59698"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=59698"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=59698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}